Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Is Popping Off - August 2026

One of the things that I wanted to try this year was growing some accent or filler plants (for cut flower arrangements) in the vertical planter (Greenstalk) that we keep on the patio.  Last year, I grew some herbs, veggies and Zinnias.  This year, I put that very thing on my 2026 to-do list at #9.  Here's what I wrote:

9. Accents, too. Speaking of adding variety to cut flower arrangements, we can do better job of growing accent plants for foliage. Plan to use the Greenstalk Vertical Garden for these cut flower accent plants this year. Instead of growing vegetables. Do a row of herbs and then load up the vertical garden pockets with accent plants like the Eucalyptus that I grew last year.

Well...I didn't end up planting a 'row of herbs', but I did use one layer of the Greenstalk for accent plants.  And, I did use Eucalyptus, in fact.    

I started with plugs from The Garden Club.  Eight Silver Dollar Eucalptus plugs.  Six of those went into one layer of the vertical garden.  Two went into another.  

I also found a few other Silver Dollar Eucalpytus plants at a nursery.  And, a larger Baby Blue Bouquet Eucalyptus at Northwind Perennial Farm in Burlington, Wisconsin.  Those all went in the ground.  

Then...the rains came.  

And, I think a bunch of these smaller Eucalptus plants drowned.   The foliage started to turn this vein-y look and they started to dry out. See below for how they struggled.

All but two of the plugs in the vertical garden and (at least) one that was in the ground died.  

I ended up replacing them around the 4th of July with a couple of plants that I bought at that Stateline (WI/IL) nursery.  

And, thanks to the heat (I think?) and the rain (I think?), the plants have really taken off.  Or...as they are saying today:  "Are you kidding me?  Capitalism really popped off today."

@yumekacake Capitalism rlly popped off today 😌💅 #ghibli #totoro #myneighbortotoro #studioghibli #planttok ♬ Capitalism popped off today - Poot

Here, below, is the same photo from the top of this pot.  Talk about 'popping off', right?  This is my first real try at growing Eucalpytus and I'm learning.  I still don't quite know the best way to harvest - in order to compel new growth.  But, what I though was going to be a series of stems has turned into a nicely-branching plant.  Each of the stems is throwing off side-shoots.  That are growing up and out.  

Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Grown In A Vertical Garden System

I'd call this item on my to-do list:  complete.  

With two caveats:

First is that I'll learn how to cut these in the coming weeks.  I need to cut and see how the plants react.  

The second is that I only grew these in the "top" basket of the vertical garden.  I didn't put them in the 'pockets' and have a layer grow on top of them.  That's for next year, I guess.